endurance

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Endurance

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• enduraunce, indurance, induraunce (all obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in the late 15th century. From Middle French endurance, from Old French endurance.

Morphologically endure +‎ -ance.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdjʊəɹəns/, /ɪnˈdjɔːɹəns/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʊɹəns/, /ɪnˈdɝəns/

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• Hyphenation: en‧du‧rance

Noun

endurance (countable and uncountable, plural endurances)

1. The measure of a person's stamina or persistence.

   He has great endurance: he ran a marathon and then cycled home.

2. Ability to endure hardship.

   Synonym: staying power

3. (nautical) The length of time that a ship's rations will supply

Synonyms

• thole (obsolete, rare, or regional)

Derived terms

• endurance art
• muscular endurance
• nonendurance
• superendurance

Related terms

• endura
• enduration
• endure

Translations

the measure of a person's stamina or persistence

Armenian: տոկունություն (hy) (tokunutʻyun) Bulgarian: издръжливост (bg) f (izdrǎžlivost) Catalan: resistència (ca) f, aguant (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 持久度 (chíjiǔdù), 耐久 (zh) (nàijiǔ) Czech: vytrvalost (cs) f Danish: udholdenhed c Dutch: uithoudingsvermogen (nl) n Estonian: vastupidavus Finnish: kestävyys (fi), sietokyky (fi) French: endurance (fr) f German: Ausdauer (de) f Greek: αντοχή (el) f (antochí), υπομονή (el) f (ypomoní) Ancient: καρτερία f (kartería) Hanunoo: agwanta Ido: duriveso Italian: resistenza (it) f, sopportazione (it) f, durata (it) f, autonomia (it) f, fatica (it) f Kazakh: төзімділік (tözımdılık) Korean: 지구력(持久力) (jiguryeok) Latin: firmitās f Macedonian: издржливост f (izdržlivost) Maori: manawaroa, matatū Norwegian: Bokmål: utholdenhet (no) m or f Ottoman Turkish: طاقت (takat) Portuguese: resistência (pt) f Romanian: rezistență (ro) f, anduranță (ro) f Russian: выно́сливость (ru) f (vynóslivostʹ) Spanish: resistencia (es) f, aguante (es) m, perduración (es) f Swedish: uthållighet (sv) c Tagalog: agwanta (tl) Telugu: ఓర్పు (te) (ōrpu) Tocharian B: kälṣamñe Turkish: dayanıklılık (tr) Yoruba: agalẹ̀

ability to endure hardship

Armenian: տոկունություն (hy) (tokunutʻyun) Bulgarian: издръжливост (bg) f (izdrǎžlivost) Finnish: kestävyys (fi), sietokyky (fi) French: endurance (fr) f Greek: ανθεκτικότητα (el) f (anthektikótita) Ancient: ὑπομονή f (hupomonḗ) Irish: acmhainn f, fulaingt f Italian: capacità (it) f, persistenza (it) f, resistenza (it) f, tolleranza (it) f Latin: perpessiō f, firmitās f Maori: manawaroa Portuguese: firmeza (pt) f Romanian: răbdare (ro) f Russian: выно́сливость (ru) f (vynóslivostʹ), сто́йкость (ru) f (stójkostʹ) Telugu: ఓపిక (te) (ōpika) Turkish: dayanıklılık (tr)

French

Etymology

From endurer +‎ -ance.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

endurance f (plural endurances)

1. endurance, stamina

Further reading

• “endurance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.